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Verb patterns show how a verb can be constructed with objects, complements, infinitive, gerund, adjective etc. Hornby established a survey of these verb patterns with about 50 verb constructions.

Verb patterns show how a verb can be constructed with objects, complements, infinitive, gerund, adjective etc. Hornby established a survey of these verb patterns with about 50 verb constructions.

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Use of the verb "like"

Consider the following sentence, please: I don't like these comments coming from you. How would a native speaker of English analyze the above sentence? I tried to analyze it myself in the following ways: 1) I don't like these comments that are…
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How is the predicate of the verb 'to diagnose' formed?

So often nowadays one hears people say He was diagnosed with walliballi disease. Is this grammatically correct? What does a doctor diagnose? My own instinct, supported by the OED is that a doctor diagnoses an illness, or a medical condition -…
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